Table 1.
Characteristics of samples.
| Pulmonary sarcoidosis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samples | Male/female | Age | Stage | Organ involvements | Smoking history |
| No.1 | Female | 76 | 3 | Eye, heart | None |
| No.2 | Male | 56 | 1 | Heart | None |
| No.3 | Male | 47 | 3 | None | None |
| No.4 | Female | 68 | 3 | Heart, liver, kidney | Yes |
| No.5 | Female | 59 | 2 | None | Yes |
| No.6 | Female | 43 | 1 | None | None |
| No.7 | Male | 62 | 1 | None | Yes |
| No.8 | Female | 49 | 2 | None | Yes |
| Healthy controls | |||||
| Samples | Male/female | Age | Smoking history | ||
| No.1 | Male | 42 | None | ||
| No.2 | Male | 31 | None | ||
| No.3 | Female | 34 | None | ||
| No.4 | Female | 58 | None | ||
| No.5 | Female | 45 | None | ||
| No.6 | Female | 46 | None | ||
| No.7 | Female | 48 | None | ||
| No.8 | Female | 43 | None | ||
| No.9 | Male | 66 | None | ||
| No.10 | Female | 37 | None | ||
| No.11 | Female | 40 | None | ||
| Pulmonary sarcoidosis vs. healthy controls | |||||
| Pulmonary sarcoidosis | Healthy controls | P -value | |||
| Age | 58.1 ± 11.5 | 44.5 ± 10.2 | 0.01* | ||
| Gender (male/female) | 3/5 | 3/8 | 1.0# | ||
*
Student's t-test.
#
Fisher's exact test.